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TechVRApple’s Reality Pro headset specs just leakedApple’s AR/VR headset’s displays are so bright you might have to wear shadesWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Apple’s AR/VR headset’s displays are so bright you might have to wear shades
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(Image credit: Antonio de Rosa)
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EvenApplecan’t keep secrets forever, and details of theReality Pro headsetthat’s due to launch next week atWWDC 2023are starting to leak. Display analyst Ross Young, who has a decent track record of Apple stories, has posted what he says are the specs of the Reality Pro’s displays. And it looks like it’ll be rather like clamping one of thebest 8K TVsto your face.
Why is the Apple Reality Pro headset so bright?
The Reality Pro headset is delivering the kind of brightness you’d expect from one of thebest TVs, and that brightness means it should be able to deliver the same kind of spectacular high dynamic range (HDR) performance as a top-spec TV. Given that one of Apple’s key goals is to position this as a device for watching entertainment on theApple TVapp, that’s going to make the rumoured $3,000 price tag feel a little less extravagant.
But brightness is also important for mixed reality / augmented reality: I’m writing this on a sunny day and of course, it’s very bright out there and reality has a very wide dynamic range.
Think of it like a projector: to get the best results you can either ramp up the brightness or darken the room, because if you don’t then the image is washed out rather than bright and punchy.
So if you’re trying to make the reality inside your Reality Pro look, well, real, then you need to be putting out a lot more light than you’d need for playing VR Beat Saber in a darkened room. And if you’re going to be wearing your headset outside, which Reality Pro users will be doing, you need your displays to be bright enough to cope with any light leaking in from outside too.
In this respect at least, Apple’s AR/VR headset outperforms any of its rivals. It’ll be interesting to see how its other specifications compare too, and no doubt some more leaks will fill in a few more gaps before the big reveal next week.
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